DIGILENT DIGIL 410-341 User guide

The Digilent Pmod MTDS (Revision A) is a gorgeous 2.8“ touchscreen display with a powerful on-board microcontroller
that performs graphics processing tasks. The display is a capacitive touchscreen with QVGA resolution (320×240) and 2
finger multi-touch support.

The most compelling aspect of the Pmod MTDS is the programming experience provided by itsMulti-Touch Display

System (MTDS) Firmwareand the associated libraries. These allow you to design sleek, stylish user interfaces very quickly

and with very little code. The timing dependent tasks are handled by the firmware, so integrating the display into existing
projects is also a snap. Some of the key functionality provided by the libraries include the ability to draw basic shapes and
text, draw images stored on microSD with binary transparency, draw buttons and easily check if they have been pressed,
and check the status and location of the user's two fingers. The libraries are supported in Arduino IDE and Xilinx SDK,
and have been tested with Ardiuno, chipKIT and Arty host boards.

Pmod MTDS Reference Manual

Pmod MTDS PDF

2.8” Display with QVGA resolution (320×240)
2 Finger Capacitive touch panel
Powerful PIC32MZ Microcontroller

Multi-Touch Display System (MTDS) Firmware

Design a beautiful UI with only a few lines of code using libraries for Arduino IDE and Xilinx SDK
Follows the DigilentPmod Interface Specification 1.0, Type 2A (Expanded SPI)

Table 1. Pmod MTDS Specifications

* IfVCCis selected as the Backlight Power source then the minimum voltage is 2.7 V.

Parameter Min Typical Max

Pmod Power Supply Voltage (VCC) 2.2* 3.3 5.5

Optional External Power Supply Voltage (VEXT) 2.7 5.0 6

Header J1 Header J2 (External Backlight Po

Pin Signal Description Pin Signal Description Pin Signal Description

1 CS Chip Select 7 NC Not

Connected

1 VEXT External Power Suppl

Connection

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Features

Specifications

Pinout Table Diagram

Table 2. Pmod MTDS Pinout

* Pins 9 and 10 of J1 are attached to the PIC32, but are not used by the firmware and should be treated as if they are not connected.

The pins on the pin header are spaced 100 mil apart. The PCB is 3.45 inches long on the sides parallel to the pins on the
pin header and 2.00 inches long on the sides perpendicular to the pin header.

The Pmod MTDS has an on-board PIC32MZ microncontroller that is running the MTDS firmware. To communicate with
the device, you must use the MTDS and MyDisp libraries available and documented on theMTDS resource center.
Arduino and chipKIT host boards should use the Arduino IDE libraries, and Xilinx FPGA or Zynq based host boards
should use the Pmod MTDS IP core and the libraries included with it. For information on downloading and using the
Pmod MTDS IP core see theUsing Pmod IPs Tutorial. After exporting to Xilinx SDK, follow the README.txt guide
included in the examples folder.

JP1 is used to select how to power the display's backlight. A single jumper should be loaded across 2 of the three pins in
order to select the power source. When the jumper is loaded across the bottom 2 pins the backlight is powered byVCCon
the Pmod connector, and when it is loaded across the top two pins the backlight is powered by an external power supply
attached to J2. This external power supply must meet the minimum and maximum voltage requirements outlined in the
Specifications table above.

The microSD connector allows the MTDS firmware to draw and save images to an attached microSD card. In order to
work properly, the microSD card must be formatted as FAT32. Image files should be saved as Windows Bitmap files
(.bmp). For more information see the MTDS documentation available on theMTDS resource center.

The Pmod MTDS communicates with the host board via theSPI protocol, however the implementation of this physical
interface is handled by the MTDS libraries and it is not necessary to understand the details for its use.

2 MOSI Master Out

Slave In

8 RESET Active-Low

Reset

2 GND Power Supply Ground

3 MISO Master In Slave

Out

9 NC* Not

Connected

Jumpers

4 SCLK Serial Clock 10 NC* Not

Connected

Name State Description

5 GND Power Supply

Ground

11 GND Power Supply

Ground

JP1 EXT Use External power su

attached to J2 to powe
Backlight

6 VCC Power Supply

(3.3V/5V)

12 VCC Power Supply

(3.3V/5V)

JP1 VCC UseVCCfrom Pmod

to power Backlight

Physical Dimensions

Functional Description

Serial Communication

Quick Usage

To get started with the Pmod MTDS quickly, go to theMTDS resource centerand follow the instructions found there for
your host platform.

The schematics of the Pmod MTDS are availablehere.

More specific information about how to use the Pmod MTDS can be found at theMTDS resource center.

If you have any questions or comments about the Pmod MTDS, feel free to post them under the appropriate section
(“Add-on Boards”) of theDigilent Forum.

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